Stephen Fesler
Stephen is a professional urban planner in Puget Sound with a passion for sustainable, livable, and diverse cities. He is especially interested in how policies, regulations, and programs can promote positive outcomes for communities. With stints in great cities like Bellingham and Cork, Stephen currently lives in Seattle. He primarily covers land use and transportation issues and has been with The Urbanist since 2014.
Seattle's incentive zoning program could get much needed tweaks in the next year or so. On Monday, the Office of Planning and Community Development...
Everett has an ambitious city center planning proposal that has been circulating city hall for more than two years. Known as "Metro Everett," the...
King County Metro Transit is kicking off a bus restructure for part of the Eastside, which would primarily impact riders in Bothell, Kenmore, Woodinville,...
Rejecting inaction: In Phoenix, complete streets volunteers resigned en mass in response to inaction by city officials.
Paris Accord in 2018: The United States is...
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What’s so great about street trees? City Beautiful offers some positive benefits of them in this video short.
Bus rapid transit (BRT) is slated to come to the SR-522 corridor by 2024. Sound Transit has kicked of the planning process for the...
On Monday, the Seattle City Council met for a relatively light legislative session on policy substance. However, councilmembers approved a new Central District landmark...
Rapidly urbanizing Seattle: Census data indicates that Seattle has grown by 116,000 since 2010.
Overpromising benefits: Tax preferences in "Opportunity Zones" probably won't have the...